But this does not mean that we can simply extrapolate from current trends in the use of services to estimate future demands and costs.

A major hunk of this alarmist projection results from simply extrapolating current health-care cost trends.

With few reliable surveys of soldiers attitudes, it is impossible to simply extrapolate from the small number of soldiers in the company.

Gershuny cautions, though, against simply extrapolating these past trends.

In developing data for carbon control technology, economists simply extrapolate current energy use patterns into the future.

This is often done by simply extrapolating past trends; however some models do exist to account for the evolution of mortality (e.g., the Lee-Carter model).

He said he was simply extrapolating a series of significant trends that, to him, are remarkably obvious.

Mellor notes that much of the literature on fetal pain simply extrapolates from findings and research on premature babies.

Such drivers serve as leading indicators that are more accurate than simply extrapolating historical data.

It's hardly surprising that they simply extrapolated back to a couple of ultimate parents, created by an uber-father.